Skimmer.



JAMES F. IRBY, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND,

lSKIIVINIEFI i Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 25, 1907.

Application led- December 14, 1906. Serial No. 347,809.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMEs F. IRBY, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of l Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have` invented anImprovement in Skimmers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improvement in skimmers, designed especially for usein skimming the grease from the top of soups.; and the inventionconsists in certain novel constructions and combinations of parts aswill be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is a perspective view, and Fig. 2 is a verticalsection of a skimmer embodying my invention. Fig. 3 is a verticalsection, and Fig. 4 is a cross section on about line 4 4 of Fig. 3 of asomewhat different form of skimmer.

By my invention I provide the skimmer with a dished bottom, and at theupper portion of the dished bottom with an opening through which thegrease and other surface portion of the soup may pass to flow into thedished bottom and be retained by the body wardly from the lower endportion or rim of the skimmer in the use of the device. In connectionbottom, I prefer to provide a bell shape flange at the base extendingoutwardly therefrom to increase the surface acted upon by the skimmer ateach operation or depression thereof.

'In the construction shown in Figs. 1 and 2, I employ a cylindrical bodyportion or rim A, supplied with a suitable handle B. The bottom C fitswithin the cylindrical body A at the lower end thereof and projectsupwardly into the bottom, having its concavity on its lower side anddished Von its upper side to form an annular space D, to which thegrease, scum and the like, on the top of the soup, will pass through theopening C', in the upper portion of the bottom C., such upper portionbeing at the apex of the conical bottom C, and preferably arrangedcentrally within the body A, as best shown in Fig. 2 of the drawing. Thebell shape flange E projects outof the body A, and forms a prolongationof the bottom C, increasing the area of the surface of the soup actedupon by the skimmer as it is depressed in the soup to cause the greaseand other floating particles to discharge through the opening C in thebottom into the space in the body A provided for such purpose.

A suitable strainer F which may be of wire gauze, as shown, is providedat the upper end with the dished of the body portion or rim, and

.is usedlike that shown in Figs.

of the body side thereof pose of separating the scum. from the skimmedmaterial whenever desired, as some cooks like to pour the'grease backinto the soup, and this faclitates the grease as desired.

In Figs. 3 and 4, show a somewhat different construction from thatpresented in Figs. 1 and 2 but within the broad principles of myinvention. In this construction the body portion or rim a has at itslower end the laterally projecting bell shape flange e similar to thecorresponding parts in Figs. 1 and 2, and the bottom 010 is disheddownwardly toward its center forming the space d for the substanceskimmed from the soup, and at A, and extending between one the upperportion of this dished bottom 010 I provide inlet openings C11 throughwhich the grease, etc. may pass from the surface of the soup into thebody a and thence into the Space d provided for it. This construction 1and 2. he construction is simple, can be easily and cheaplymanufactured, and will efficiently serve the purpose for which it isntended.

I claim:

1. A skimmer substantially as herein described, having a body portion orrim, a handle projecting upwardly therefrom, a bell shape flangeprojecting outwardly and slomping downwardly from the lower edge of thebody or rim, a conical bottom inclining upwardly within the body or rim,and forming an annular space within the body or rim and below the apexor point of the conical bottom, and having an opening at its point orapex for the passage of grease and the like into the body .or rim, and astrainer extending between one side of the body or rim at the upper edgethereof and the handle, all substantially as and for the purposes setforth. f

2. A skimmer comprising a body portion or rim, a conical bottom slopingupwardly thereinto, and provided at its apex with an opening for thepassage of grease and the like, and a bell shape flange projectingoutwardly and downwardly from the lower end of the body portion or rim,substantially as set forth.

separation of thel and the handle B for the pur- IOO IOS

3. A skimming device comprising a body portionor rim, a handle fixed toand projecting upwardly therefrom, a strainer extendin between saidhandle and one side of the body IIC pass Jfrom the surface of the soup,and sloping downwardly from said opening forming lo within the body aspace for the reception of grease and the like, substantially as setforth.

JAMES F. IRBY. Witnesses:

WM. F. MEDILL, J. G. COVINGTON, Jr.

